Legislation (Procedure, Publication and Repeals) (Wales) Act 2025

Exercise of a power or duty that is not in force

4 In section 16—

(a) in subsection (1), for paragraph (a) and the “or” after it substitute—

“(a) by a provision in an Act of Senedd Cymru which does not come into force on the day on which the Act receives Royal Assent or the following day, or”;

(b) after subsection (3) insert—

“(3A) Subsection (3) does not apply to the exercise of a power or duty to make subordinate legislation unless the subordinate legislation is to come into force before the provision conferring the power or imposing the duty.”;

(c) after subsection (5) insert—

“(6) In subsection (1), the references to a provision in an Act of Senedd Cymru or a Welsh subordinate instrument include a provision that amends another enactment.

(7) Where a provision in an Act of Senedd Cymru or a Welsh subordinate instrument confers or imposes a power or duty by amending another enactment, the references to an Act or instrument in subsections (3)(a) and (b), (4) and (5) include the other enactment as amended.”